Lappula deflexa, (Wahlenb.) Garcke

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 117

1. L. deflexa (Wahlenb.) Garcke , Fl. Nord-Mittel-Deutsch! ed. 6, 275 (1863)

( Echinospermum deflexum (Wahlenb.) Lehm. , Hackelia deflexa (Wahlenb.) Opiz ).

Annual or biennial, with sparse to dense, soft, erecto-patent hairs. Stem 20-90 cm, ascending or erect, branched. Leaves 20-80 x 3-15 mm, linear- to oblong-lanceolate, the lower petiolate, the upper sessile. Pedicels 2-5 mm, patent in flower, strongly deflexed in fruit. Calyx c. 1-5 mm in flower, 2-3 mm in fruit. Corolla c. 3 mm; limb 3-6 mm in diameter, campanulate, pale blue or white. Nutlets 3-5 mm, flattened-trigonous, smooth or minutely granulate and often hairy on upper surface; margin with 1 row of giochidia which are dilated and flattened towards the base. 2« = 24. U.S.S.R. and Fennoscandia; mountains o f C. Europe; E. Pyrenees. Au Cz Fe Ga Ge He Hs It No Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su.